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When construction of the Hyatt Place Portland was completed in May of 2014, not everyone was happy with the final product. The off-putting, metallic-looking building located at 433 Fore Street (right in the heart of Portland’s historic red brick and cobblestone Old Port district) was referred to by Cliff Gallant of the now defunct Portland […]

Chris Shorr

Chris is a sixth generation Portlander who loves all things Maine. He has worked with mentally ill and marginalized adults at a Portland non-profit, on a lobster boat in Casco Bay, at several high-end Portland restaurants, and at a local meat packing plant. He also ran for Portland City Council in 2013, wrote a weekly column in the now defunct Portland Daily Sun, and currently writes a weekly column in The Portland Phoenix.